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Causes of Pericarditis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Coxsackie
 • Echovirus
 • Adenovirus
 • Epstein-Barr virus
Causes of Pericarditis ... Bacterial: • Mycobacterium ... • Vasculitis Cardiac ... : • Post-cardiac ... Algorithm #Causes #Cardiology
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
, constrictive percarditis ... - Constrictive pericarditis ... Absent y descent - Cardiac ... Differential #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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• Chest pain, pericarditis ... shock, sudden cardiac ... death Management ... Myocarditis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology
Kussmaul's sign - JVP

This patient has Kussmaul's sign, an increase in apparent JVP/CVP with inspiration. While
with constrictive pericarditis ... pressure loaded RV ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... #Neck #Veins #Cardiology
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
in Constrictive Pericarditis ... Causes = RV failure ... , constrictive pericarditis ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... #Cardiology
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HOCM) - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis
 1. Wall thickness 215 mm (TTE/CT/MRI) 
 2. Absence
Diagnosis and Management ... Secondary Cause of LVH ... Prevent Sudden Cardiac ... Prevent Sudden Cardiac ... #Cardiology
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Manage acute cardiac ... Manage chronic cardiac ... shock, Arrythmias, Pericarditis ... Myocarditis #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #summary
Pericardial Rub in Pericarditis - Cardiac Auscultation (Audio)

#Pericardial #Rub #Pericarditis #Audio #clinical #cardiology #auscultation #physicalexam
Pericardial Rub in Pericarditis ... - Cardiac Auscultation ... Pericardial #Rub #Pericarditis ... Audio #clinical #cardiology ... #auscultation #physicalexam
Kussmaul's Sign on Neck Physical Examination

Elderly woman with a history of myocardial revascularization surgery is hospitalized
with constrictive pericarditis ... patients after cardiac ... Kussmauls #Sign #PhysicalExam ... #Neck #Veins #Cardiology
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
disease; CRT, cardiac ... left ventricular; LVH ... ACCAHA #Algorithm #Management ... #Cardiology